Speaker

Roopan is co-founder and executive director of Vitala Global Foundation - a Canadian tech not-for-profit that commits to developing digital solutions that support and facilitate access to safe abortion care in challenging contexts globally. They currently have projects in Venezuela, Guatemala, United States and Canada. She is an obstetrician gynecologist and provides abortion care in Toronto with a clinical appointment at Women's College and Mount Sinai Hospitals.

She works with Medecins Sans Frontieres as an emergency OBGYN and previously with the World Health Organization (WHO). Most recently, she was featured in Forbes as 1 of 7 female leaders committed to inclusivity and accessibility and named Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2022.